Comments on: 9/11 Prayers http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/911-prayers Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:32:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Shelby Meyerhoff http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/911-prayers#comment-3631 Shelby Meyerhoff Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:03:07 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/911-prayers#comment-3631 Dawn, What a good message to share with your sons. I was reading yesterday Beloit College's Mindset List. They've published it each of the last 10 years to describe the formative experiences of that year's freshman class. A lot of the focus is one which historical events will have meaning to those students, and which ones will not. But as I was reading, I thought that perhaps they underestimate the transmission of historical knowledge from parents to children. Just because I didn't live through an event doesn't mean I can't sense its importance. My family loves history, and older relatives often talked to me as I grew up about the events they had lived through and the impact of those events on our current world. That made me more aware of why history matters, and what I should do to help shape our country now. You are doing a great service to your sons, by encouraging them to remember history, learn from it, and see themselves as responsible participants in our country's future. Dawn,

What a good message to share with your sons.

I was reading yesterday Beloit College’s Mindset List. They’ve published it each of the last 10 years to describe the formative experiences of that year’s freshman class. A lot of the focus is one which historical events will have meaning to those students, and which ones will not.

But as I was reading, I thought that perhaps they underestimate the transmission of historical knowledge from parents to children. Just because I didn’t live through an event doesn’t mean I can’t sense its importance. My family loves history, and older relatives often talked to me as I grew up about the events they had lived through and the impact of those events on our current world. That made me more aware of why history matters, and what I should do to help shape our country now.

You are doing a great service to your sons, by encouraging them to remember history, learn from it, and see themselves as responsible participants in our country’s future.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/911-prayers#comment-3628 Dawn Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:27:20 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/911-prayers#comment-3628 Even though it makes me cry, I watch a little bit of the footage on TV, and remember where I was, etc; My teen sons don't like to see me cry, so I had a talk with them about remembering that day-not being maudlin or morbid; but that it was important for them to remember-not to be sad, but to honor those lost, and also to learn from it; We talked about how they are the next generation to run this country, and they need to not forget to help shape the future in a hopefully more positive way. Even though it makes me cry, I watch a little bit of the footage on TV, and remember where I was, etc; My teen sons don’t like to see me cry, so I had a talk with them about remembering that day-not being maudlin or morbid; but that it was important for them to remember-not to be sad, but to honor those lost, and also to learn from it; We talked about how they are the next generation to run this country, and they need to not forget to help shape the future in a hopefully more positive way.

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